A Frozen Christmas

You may have noticed that I failed to post an entry last week. We celebrated our first round of Christmas over the weekend in Iowa, and I decided to wait and post all of the Christmas photos at once. Therefore, there are a ton of pictures here, and I didn't caption most of them due to the sheer amount. However, to recap, we had an amazing Christmas, both in Iowa and on the actual day in Chicago. We got to see both sides of the family, and we had a great time together. On Christmas Eve, the four of us went to Winter Wonderland, and then later that day we decorated cookies for Santa. He made a pretty nice appearance that night, as the kids woke up to some fun new presents. As most of you are probably aware, Ella is a Frozen fan, and this year it was a Frozen Christmas. From a suitcase to a watch to lip gloss to the actual Elsa dress, we've been on a repeat of "Let it Go" for days. We hope you all had a wonderful holiday as well, and we wish you a happy New Year!

Ella coming down the slide at Winter Wonderland on Christmas Eve.

I realize this isn't a great photo of Jack, but I think it's hilarious.

Hot chocolate while making gingerbread houses.

Jack enjoyed eating the gingerbread house.

Kristin, Jeff, and Jace at Grandpa Al's Christmas.

Ava and Ella.

A cousin photo.

Jack wasn't having fun anymore.

Jace didn't like the camera flash.

Ella and Great Grandma Norma.

Eating waffles with green cream cheese on Christmas Eve morning.

Jack's morning face.

A family photo before we left for Winter Wonderland.

Making cookies for Santa.

Tracking Santa on the computer.

Opening a few gifts on Christmas Eve, including books from Abbie and Eric!

New Christmas jammies!

Preparing Santa's plate.

Uncle Sam arrived!

Christmas morning.

Queen Elsa!

Jack loves his scooter, but not his helmet.

Grandma and Papa C. made Ella and Jack the coolest dress-up wardrobe! Ella has been dressing up non-stop ever since:)

A super hero on her scooter.